The Cost of Loyalty: Dishonesty, Hubris, and Failure in the U.S. Military

This problematic look at America's fighting forces feels like a list of personal grievances.

The Company They Keep

By Neal Devins and Lawrence Baum

The Company They Keep

When did justices become ideologues?

The Boston Massacre: A Family History

By mining archival records, the author brings the human side of the long-ago tragedy to life.

The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties

Solid writing and research aside, this jeremiad about our changing national landscape reveals the author’s bitterness.

Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens the Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era

A difficult and necessary look at the quest for justice in Mississippi.

The Most Dangerous Branch

By David A. Kaplan

The Most Dangerous Branch

The author presents a compelling case behind the court’s transformation, but he could have rested a lot sooner.

Big Week

By James Holland

Big Week

Recalling the Allies' quest to own the skies.

Glass and Gavel

By Nancy Maveety

Glass and Gavel

Judging how America drinks.